William Allen

Krystal Scott is just 16 and already wise to the streets of her Morgan Park neighborhood. "When I'm walking home, I don't know what I'm walking into," Scott said Tuesday. But Scott thought she was safe as she sat outside her home in the 10900 block of South Throop Street at the end of the Fourth of July weekend, enjoying the weather and the steak tacos made by her cousin, Tonya Gunn. It was past midnight on Monday and the party was breaking up when a car drove past and someone inside opened fire. Gunn, 44, was hit twice as her 11-year-old daughter sat in a car, waiting for her, Scott said. Gunn was among 16 people killed in weekend gun violence over the...

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